D1-4 ER40 collet chuck- fitted!

[jim’Participant @jim11037]

Now got the collet chuck fitted. All is ok, the hand closer works very well, especially on smaller dia stuff. There is still space to use a spanner if needed.

[jim’Participant @jim11037]

[John Stevenson 1Participant @johnstevenson1]

Brilliant.

That's one mod I'm going to do to my lathe as the current American 5C keyed chuck takes 17 1/2 days to tighten each piece up and then isn't always tight.

I do have a couple of rubberflex I could modify to fit this lathe, D1-5 fitting [ not popular in this country ] but I find them fiddly to set up.

Glad you persevered Jim.

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

A very tidy job, Jim

Thanks for letting us know of your success.

MichaelG.

[Roderick JenkinsParticipant @roderickjenkins93242]

Delighted that you've shown my doubts to be un-founded. Could you please show how you fastened to nut to the flange.

Nice one.

Rod

[jim’Participant @jim11037]

The closer would be better if it had scallops on the O/D, and either about an inch smaller (for single handed use) or an inch bigger (for two handed use). I will have to have a look at work to see if I can "find" a bit of ally 7" dia.

The closer is simply pressed on the nut. I wanted to be able to get it off again, if needed. If it slips, I'll just put a couple of locking screws on.

It was a good idea to leave enough of the nut exposed so that a spanner could be used.

I bought the collets from "Gloster Tooling", as they go up to 30mm.

Overall worth while doing.

It is worth noting that I do have a foot brake on this lathe.

[jim’Participant @jim11037]

Further update.

I have now put some self amalgamating tape on the O/D of the closer so it can be gripped easier.

I have been drilling and tapping some 30mm dia mild steel this morning and parting off. I'm happy to say no movement at all.

Parting off has been transformed, the rear tool post comes in to its own now that the silly leadscrew covers are now gone and i can run the tool close to the collet

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